# cert
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

cert
* Alternative form of cert.

### Noun

cert (plural certs)
* (informal) Certificate.
    I bought some gift certs for my family for Christmas.
* (informal) A certainty; something guaranteed to happen.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sure thing

#### Derived terms

* birth cert
* dead cert

### Anagrams

* rect

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin certus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛrt]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsɛɾt]

### Adjective

cert (feminine certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)
* true
    Antonyms: fals, incert
* certain
    Antonym: incert

#### Derived terms

* certament
* certesa
* encertar
* per cert

#### Related terms

* cerndre

### Further reading

* “cert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “cert”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “cert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “cert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

From clipping of English certificate.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): soet$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soet$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːt̚⁵/

#### Noun

cert
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) certificate (Classifier: 張／张 c)

### Etymology 2

From clipping of English certify.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): soet$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soet$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːt̚⁵/

#### Verb

cert
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) Synonym of certify.

## Ladin
### Alternative forms

* cërt

### Etymology

From Latin certus.

### Adjective

cert m (feminine singular certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)
* certain
* some

## Lombard
### Etymology

Akin to Italian certo, from Latin certus.

### Adjective

cert
* certain, sure

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* ciert

### Etymology

From Latin certus.

### Adjective

cert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular certe)
* certain; sure

#### Related terms

* acertener
* certain
* certes

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (cert)
* cert on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Old Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin certus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʲer͈t/

### Adjective

cert (comparative certu)
* correct, right, proper, fitting
* fair, just
* straight, even (of material objects)
* exact, precise (of numbers, quantities etc.)

#### Inflection

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | cert | cert | cert |
| Vocative | cirt* cert** | cert | cert |
| Accusative | cert | cirt | cert |
| Genitive | cirt | cirte | cirt |
| Dative | cert, cirt | cirt | cert, cirt |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | cirt | certa | certa |
| Vocative | certu certa† | certa | certa |
| Accusative | certu certa† | certa | certa |
| Genitive | cert | cert | cert |
| Dative | certaib | certaib | certaib |
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized |

### Noun

cert n or m
* the right, what is proper, correctness
* (in quasi-legal sense) right, claim, entitlement
* justice, fair dealing

#### Inflection

Neuter o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | cert$^N$ | cert$^N$ | cert$^L$, certa |
| Vocative | cert$^N$ | cert$^N$ | cert$^L$, certa |
| Accusative | cert$^N$ | cert$^N$ | cert$^L$, certa |
| Genitive | cirt$^L$ | cert | cert$^N$ |
| Dative | cert$^L$, cirt | certaib | certaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||
Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | cert | cert$^L$ | cirt$^L$ |
| Vocative | cirt | cert$^L$ | certu$^H$ |
| Accusative | cert$^N$ | cert$^L$ | certu$^H$ |
| Genitive | cirt$^L$ | cert | cert$^N$ |
| Dative | cert$^L$, cirt | certaib | certaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* ina chirt, i cirt (“properly, rightly, as is fitting”)

#### Descendants

* Irish: ceart
* Manx: kiart
* Scottish Gaelic: ceart

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃert/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin certus.

#### Adjective

cert m or n (feminine singular certă, masculine plural cerți, feminine and neuter plural certe)
* certain, sure, doubtless
    Synonym: sigur

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

cert
* first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of certa

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English cart.

### Noun

cert f (plural certi or ceirt)
* (South Wales) Alternative form of cart

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cert”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies